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    M.P.E.C. 2002-P20                                Issued 2002 Aug. 6, 21:22 UT
    
         The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
             minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
       on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
              Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                              Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2002 PM6
    
    Observations:
         K02P06M* C2002 08 06.24385 20 31 31.52 +14 30 48.5          15.1        704
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.25886 20 31 18.26 +14 27 52.5          15.2        704
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.27386 20 31 04.99 +14 24 56.8          15.2        704
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.28888 20 30 51.82 +14 22 01.2          14.3        704
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.30389 20 30 38.65 +14 19 06.5          15.5        704
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.73226 20 24 53.04 +12 59 36.9                      349
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.73309 20 24 52.42 +12 59 28.2                      349
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.73399 20 24 51.77 +12 59 18.8                      349
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.73652 20 24 49.80 +12 58 52.0                      349
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.73920 20 24 47.65 +12 58 22.9          14.6 V      349
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.81431 20 23 57.57 +12 45 10.2          14.5 R      620
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.81540 20 23 56.73 +12 44 58.8          14.1 R      620
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.81612 20 23 56.21 +12 44 51.0          14.2 R      620
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.82054 20 23 52.86 +12 44 04.8          14.1 R      620
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.82190 20 23 51.84 +12 43 50.3          14.0 R      620
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.82352 20 23 50.60 +12 43 34.5          14.1 R      620
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.85486 20 23 26.38 +12 37 58.9          14.6 R      636
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.85569 20 23 25.75 +12 37 50.1          14.6 R      636
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.85654 20 23 25.13 +12 37 41.5          14.4 R      636
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.85737 20 23 24.52 +12 37 33.1          14.6 R      636
         K02P06M  C2002 08 06.85822 20 23 23.88 +12 37 23.7                      636
    
    Observer details:
    349 Ageo.  Observer K. Kadota.  0.18-m f/5.5 reflector + CCD.
    620 Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca.  Observers S. Sanchez, J. Rodriguez.
        0.40-m f/2.0 Schmidt + CCD.
    636 Essen.  Observers A. Knoefel, T. Payer.  0.32-m f/5.7 reflector + CCD.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
        M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, D. Torres, T. Brothers,
        S. Partridge.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m
        f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2002 PM6                                                             PHA 0.034
    Epoch 2002 July 25.0 TT = JDT 2452480.5                 MPC
    M  27.04113              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.73912039     Peri.  224.21361     -0.94750907     -0.16257360
    a   1.2115070      Node   304.45467     +0.29366060     -0.78305527
    e   0.8521643      Incl.   19.50464     -0.12645164     -0.60032846
    P   1.33           H   17.7           G   0.15
    From 21 observations 2002 Aug. 6-6.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2002 PM6                 a,e,i = 1.21, 0.85, 20                  q = 0.1791
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2002 07 25    05 06.95   +30 15.8    0.130    0.926    43.9   130.5    18.9
    2002 07 26    04 49.49   +32 42.6    0.116    0.943    48.6   126.1    18.2
    2002 07 27    04 26.16   +35 34.7    0.103    0.959    54.5   120.5    17.6
    2002 07 28    03 54.11   +38 48.0    0.091    0.976    61.7   113.6    16.8
    2002 07 29    03 09.42   +42 02.1    0.081    0.992    70.7   104.8    16.1
    2002 07 30    02 08.63   +44 23.5    0.073    1.007    81.8    94.0    15.4
    2002 07 31    00 54.18   +44 26.2    0.069    1.023    94.7    81.5    14.8
    2002 08 01    23 38.81   +41 16.3    0.069    1.038   108.1    68.3    14.4
    2002 08 02    22 36.18   +35 44.3    0.073    1.054   120.6    56.0    14.2
    2002 08 03    21 49.86   +29 34.0    0.080    1.069   130.8    46.0    14.1
    2002 08 04    21 16.75   +23 55.3    0.090    1.084   138.4    38.4    14.2
    2002 08 05    20 52.84   +19 11.2    0.102    1.098   143.7    33.2    14.3
    2002 08 06    20 35.14   +15 20.5    0.115    1.113   147.1    29.7    14.5
    2002 08 07    20 21.67   +12 14.2    0.129    1.127   149.1    27.5    14.7
    2002 08 08    20 11.18   +09 42.8    0.144    1.141   150.1    26.3    15.0
    2002 08 09    20 02.83   +07 38.4    0.160    1.155   150.4    25.7    15.2
    2002 08 10    19 56.05   +05 54.9    0.175    1.169   150.3    25.5    15.4
    2002 08 11    19 50.48   +04 27.7    0.191    1.183   149.8    25.5    15.6
    2002 08 12    19 45.85   +03 13.5    0.208    1.196   149.2    25.7    15.9
    2002 08 13    19 41.95   +02 09.5    0.224    1.210   148.4    26.1    16.1
    2002 08 14    19 38.65   +01 13.8    0.241    1.223   147.5    26.4    16.2
    
    2002 08 24    19 23.00   -04 02.1    0.415    1.348   137.8    30.2    17.7
    2002 09 03    19 20.85   -06 22.2    0.599    1.461   128.8    32.6    18.8
    2002 09 13    19 24.13   -07 41.4    0.790    1.563   120.4    33.7    19.6
    2002 09 23    19 30.47   -08 29.2    0.986    1.655   112.6    34.0    20.2
    2002 10 03    19 38.79   -08 56.9    1.186    1.739   105.0    33.8    20.7
    2002 10 13    19 48.57   -09 09.6    1.387    1.815    97.8    33.0    21.1
    2002 10 23    19 59.41   -09 09.6    1.588    1.884    90.7    31.9    21.4
    2002 11 02    20 11.06   -08 58.8    1.785    1.945    83.7    30.5    21.7
    2002 11 12    20 23.35   -08 38.0    1.977    2.000    76.9    28.8    22.0
    2002 11 22    20 36.13   -08 08.0    2.162    2.049    70.2    27.0    22.1
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-P20
    

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